Why Beatlemania could never happen today

[SEAWOLF97]

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http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/30/showbi...s-anniversary/

snippet:

So much of popular music -- both the business and the artistic inventiveness -- can be traced to The Beatles. If they're back, they've never really gone away.

Three years ago, the group's 1969 album "Abbey Road" was the best-selling vinyl album of the year. Thirteen years ago, the greatest-hits package "1" was the No. 1 album in the country, wrapping up an eight-week stint at the top. Almost 20 years ago, all three of the "Anthology" volumes went to No. 1. And so on.

The Beatles are part of our cultural DNA

[SEAWOLF97]

I have so many disagreements with this article that can't list them all.

Did Beatles push black music aside?

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/30/opinion/wald-what-if-beatles-never-were/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

[DavidF]

I have so many disagreements with this article that can't list them all.

Did Beatles push black music aside?

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/30/opinio...rticle_sidebar

"...the moment when rock 'n' roll became white and they were banished to a lower-status ghetto labeled R&B or soul. "

I can't relate to the above statement in the wrap-up of the article. When and how were the sounds of Memphis, Philadelphia, Detroit R&B/Soul sounds relegated to "low status ghetto" artistic product?

[Ed Zeppeli]

That's just the MSM fanning the flames of racial inequity. They do so at every chance. Pay no mind.

The Beatles were a magical event that coincided talent, timing and tenacity among other things. Of course it couldn't happen today; the machine they helped create has taken over.

Cheers,

Warren